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Mecca plans major upgrade (Mecca planning a major upgrade of facilities around Islam's holiest site)
Middle East Times ^ | December 9, 2005

Posted on 12/09/2005 8:00:45 PM PST by nickcarraway

MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Mecca is planning a major upgrade of facilities around the Al Masjid Al Haram, or "The Sacred Mosque", Islam's holiest site.

On December 27 the "Studies on the Central Region of Mecca" seminar will be held in Mecca to discuss development plans for the city's central region.

Interior minister and chairman of the supreme Hajj committee Prince Naif will open proceedings. The seminar will survey construction, engineering, transportation, environment and media issues.

The seminar precedes the launch of several construction projects around the Grand Mosque, including the $3.2 billion Jabal Omar project.

Organizing committee chairman Mohammed Idrees said that the government realized the need for fundamental changes in Mecca's facilities in order to accommodate the growing number of believers who perform Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages each year, estimated by Saudi authorities to exceed 10,000,000 annually.

"Making quick plans for such a large influx of pilgrims is essential in order to protect public interests. This demands setting out new construction strategies and comprehensive plans," Idrees said.

The proposed alterations are the second major round of reconstruction inside the city. During the 1970s the Bin Laden Group, headed by Osama Bin Laden's father Mohammed, was awarded a contract to expand both the Al Masjid Al Haram and the Prophet's mosque in Medina.

Economists said that new construction projects around the Al Masjid Al Haram would eventually generate investments of over $26 billion.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hajj; islam; islammustdie; mecca
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To: finnman69
strip joints, rib shacks, and lots of bars

Not for me

Nude camels, rotting corpses, and cells lined with steel bars is not my lifestyle.

41 posted on 12/10/2005 12:10:47 AM PST by Cobra64
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To: Cobra64

HooRah.

Listen. It's like this:

Islamo-Fascists are the new Third Reich. Ugly. Not cool. Don't play well with others.

The only solution is to completely annihilate the contagion.

Don't like it? GROW UP.


42 posted on 12/10/2005 12:11:42 AM PST by msf92497 (Was Republican...Now just a Conservative.)
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To: nickcarraway

43 posted on 12/10/2005 12:13:55 AM PST by Lando Lincoln (God bless Jared Linskens and his family.)
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To: msf92497

I think you mis-directed your reply. I'd nuke the terrorist Islamic bastards in a heart-beat.


44 posted on 12/10/2005 12:16:56 AM PST by Cobra64
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To: Cobra64

(Original post:

Tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.)

If it were my war, I'd obliterate the "shrine" and any unlucky dumba$$ within 5 miles.

These animals don't comprehend mercy, love, and peace. They live to conquer, to destroy, and to enslave. I say we take the fight to them and annihilate them completely.


45 posted on 12/10/2005 12:25:49 AM PST by msf92497 (Was Republican...Now just a Conservative.)
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To: Grizzled Bear
I heard that rock fell from space. Is it true there are "space-peanuts" embedded in it?

I dont' know, but there are "space peanuts" revolving around it once a year!

46 posted on 12/10/2005 5:18:55 AM PST by TexGuy
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To: Cobra64
Your problem is you cannot separate your nationalistic pride from reason. We were attacked by terrorists who were Muslims. We must focus on directly destroying our enemies and not allowing our prejudice nature to misguide us. By your logic we should be bombing and maiming Jews for the King David Hotel, or sinking the U.S.S. Liberty.
Do not ever accuse me, or anyone, of being a coward just because you do not agree with what I believe. Your blind spewing of childish names reveals that your base intellect has not prospered past grammar school.
47 posted on 12/10/2005 6:55:04 AM PST by illbenice
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To: Cobra64
Ever heard of WWII? September 11, 2001?

WWII? I suppose it can be argued that we've done a piss-poor job of eradicating Shinto.

48 posted on 12/10/2005 6:58:34 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: illbenice

Spare us your ad hominem dhimmi lectures.
Are you sure you are in the proper forum?
Some of us deal with the anguish of losing friends, relatives and co-workers with a little non-PC sarcasm.
Take it as "gospel" as you wish.
You forget it was not the islamokazis who invented WMD's who now crave them to use on us.
We just are willing to give them a helping hand with their renewal and let them have their 72 virgins and little boys a tad sooner.
I'm sure you would be willing to go back to the 8th century to join your pals.


49 posted on 12/10/2005 10:01:38 AM PST by axes_of_weezles
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